Christa Pike back in prison after surviving botched execution, lawyers say
US death row inmate Christa Pike has been discharged from hospital and returned to prison, according to her lawyers. The 50-year-old survived two lethal injections of pentobarbital on 30 September and regained consciousness earlier this week. Her case is believed to be the only known instance of someone surviving an execution attempt by lethal injection.
Christa Pike, a 50-year-old US death row inmate, has been discharged from hospital and returned to the prison where she has spent the last 30 years, her lawyers said in a statement on Saturday. She continues to receive medical care at the facility, according to the statement. The BBC reports that her case is now in uncharted territory.
Pike survived two lethal injections of the drug pentobarbital on 30 September, which left her in a critical condition in hospital. Earlier this week, she regained consciousness and began speaking, a development that stunned experts, medical staff and her legal team. She is believed to be the only person to have survived an execution attempt by lethal injection.
Pike was 18 years old when she and her then-boyfriend, Tadaryl Shipp, beat, tortured and killed 19-year-old Slemmer. The pair had met Slemmer at a job training camp for low-income young people. Pike has been on death row for three decades.
The BBC notes that this is a breaking news story and that more details will be published shortly. No further information about her condition or next legal steps has been released.
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